Hi there listers I am hoping some kind soul can help me to decipher an entry on the London Marriage Records for James Dible. He married Ann Elizabeth Harmer (nee Bendon) on 14th May 1855 at the Parish Church in Stepney. James occupation is a General Dealer but it is his father's occupation that I am trying to establish. It looks like "master Droben" which of course does not make sense. But now that my brain is telling me that is what it says, I cannot see any other alternative! Could someone have a look for me and tell me their interpretation? Many thanks Lynda

Would it be drover? David Sent from my iPod On 25 Sep 2011, at 12:16, Lynda Rooke <lyndarooke123@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Hi there listers I am hoping some kind soul can help me to decipher an entry on the London Marriage Records for James Dible. He married Ann Elizabeth Harmer (nee Bendon) on 14th May 1855 at the Parish Church in Stepney. James occupation is a General Dealer but it is his father's occupation that I am trying to establish. It looks like "master Droben" which of course does not make sense. But now that my brain is telling me that is what it says, I cannot see any other alternative! Could someone have a look for me and tell me their interpretation? Many thanks Lynda > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Master Drover? Ems On 25 September 2011 12:16, Lynda Rooke <lyndarooke123@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Hi there listers I am hoping some kind soul can help me to decipher an entry on the London Marriage Records for James Dible. He married Ann Elizabeth Harmer (nee Bendon) on 14th May 1855 at the Parish Church in Stepney. James occupation is a General Dealer but it is his father's occupation that I am trying to establish. It looks like "master Droben" which of course does not make sense. But now that my brain is telling me that is what it says, I cannot see any other alternative! Could someone have a look for me and tell me their interpretation? Many thanks  Lynda

Hi Lynda, Could it be Master Drover? Comparing the letter "b/v" with other "b"s on the same page it does not look the same. I cannot find another "v" but the "w"s have a tendency to stick up on the left though not as much as this letter does. So I am not sure but it would make sense. Christine -----Original Message----- From: Lynda Rooke Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 12:16 PM To: london-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [LON] DIBLE - Occupation Hi there listers I am hoping some kind soul can help me to decipher an entry on the London Marriage Records for James Dible. He married Ann Elizabeth Harmer (nee Bendon) on 14th May 1855 at the Parish Church in Stepney. James occupation is a General Dealer but it is his father's occupation that I am trying to establish. It looks like "master Droben" which of course does not make sense. But now that my brain is telling me that is what it says, I cannot see any other alternative! Could someone have a look for me and tell me their interpretation? Many thanks Lynda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Listers, Many thanks for such swift replies. The concensus of opinion is that the occupation is Master Drover. I think maybe his son could have been an auctioneer or dealer in livestock and perhaps that would then tie in with his father's occupation. I had a possible census record for James Dible who was shown as a butcher. I think now that that is probably the wrong record because the marriage entry is definitely correct. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to look for me Lynda> From: lyndarooke123@hotmail.co.uk > To: london-l@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:16:17 +0100 > Subject: [LON] DIBLE - Occupation > > > > > > Hi there listers I am hoping some kind soul can help me to decipher an entry on the London Marriage Records for James Dible. He married Ann Elizabeth Harmer (nee Bendon) on 14th May 1855 at the Parish Church in Stepney. James occupation is a General Dealer but it is his father's occupation that I am trying to establish. It looks like "master Droben" which of course does not make sense. But now that my brain is telling me that is what it says, I cannot see any other alternative! Could someone have a look for me and tell me their interpretation? Many thanks Lynda > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 25/09/2011 7:16 PM, Lynda Rooke wrote: > > > > Hi there listers I am hoping some kind soul can help me to decipher an entry on the London Marriage Records for James Dible. He married Ann Elizabeth Harmer (nee Bendon) on 14th May 1855 at the Parish Church in Stepney. James occupation is a General Dealer but it is his father's occupation that I am trying to establish. It looks like "master Droben" which of course does not make sense. But now that my brain is telling me that is what it says, I cannot see any other alternative! Could someone have a look for me and tell me their interpretation? Many thanks Lynda > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1520/3917 - Release Date: 09/24/11 > > Master Drover ? Does that make sense? Vic